Winter, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1641

Title(s)

Winter
Hyems / Winter (title on object)
De vier seizoenen (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

4/4

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.255

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 335-1(2)
• Pennington 613-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Staande vrouw met mof en masker als personificatie van de Winter.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar
• after own design by: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Robert Peake

Place

print maker: London
publisher: England

Dating

1641

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 247 mm × width 179 mm

What

• winter, 'Hyems'; 'Inverno' (Ripa)
• clothes, costume (+ women's clothes)
• muff (+ women's clothes)
• gloves, mittens, etc. (+ women's clothes)
• neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes)
• head-gear: cap (+ women's clothes)

When

• 1640 -

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. II, p. 14, cat.nr. 335
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 99, cat.nr. 613